Similar Films
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980). In terms of narrative, The Shining is hugely similar to our film. The exploration of mental decline and psychotic happenings are prominent in The Shining as well as our film. However, the more concise similarity is the theme of writer's block and its impacts on a persons mental state. Although The Shining includes more paranormal/supernatural elements and horror-based themes, the iconography on conventions transfer to our film fairly potently. Moreover, Kubrick's distinct style of cold, bleak imagery is something we also hope to incorperate along with the film Noir look.
Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998). Pi is of a similar genre to our film and, therefore, has similar conventions. Again, the obvious being mental decline. As previously mentioned, Pi has similar visuals to how we hope to shoot our film, although the blacks in our film will not be as deep and of as high contrast. Pi also follows the theme of obsession and infatuation with a certain task, and how the stress and difficulty of achieving this particular goal affects a person.
Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000). Nolan's psychological thriller follows the mental torment of a man with amnesia trying to find his wife's killer. Again, the themes portrayed in this film are similar to that of ours and employ similar conventions. The tone of Memento is also similar to what we aim to achieve.
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